STORRS — Geno Auriemma said Wednesday that a school had filed a complaint with the American Athletic Conference saying that his congratulatory phone call to Little League sensation Mo'ne Davis constituted a recruiting violation.

Davis, the girl who helped lead Philadelphia's Taney Dragons to the semifinals of the United States championship in Williamsport, Pa., drew national attention after saying that her ultimate athletic goal was to play basketball for Auriemma at UConn and then go on to the WNBA.

Davis, 13, was seen all around Williamsport in a UConn hoodie and was wearing it again when she met her idol, former UConn All-American Maya Moore, over the weekend in Minnesota at the WNBA semifinals. And she was wearing it when she met Dodgers All-Star pitcher Clayton Kershaw.

Auriemma said he was asked to call Davis through a phone call from a friend who had been contacted by the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers. The 76ers thought it would be a good idea to reach out to her "because she loves basketball, and congratulations or something seem in order," Auriemma said.

Auriemma was then contacted by the communications office of Little League and it was agreed that he would just call and relay a message. When Auriemma called, Davis was in the room and was handed the phone.

"The conversation lasted like two minutes and we hung up," Auriemma said. "And then I was told a school turned us in for a recruiting violation because we are not allowed contact of July 1 before her junior year of high school. ... That's the world that we live in."

Auriemma said the complaining school is under no obligation to publicly identify itself. He said he has never seen Davis play basketball nor knows anyone who has seen Davis play basketball.

"Under normal circumstances, I would probably not know anything about her until she was in ninth grade," Auriemma said. "I have no idea if the kid is very good, kind of good, not good at all or a superstar or can even reach the basket. How is that a violation?

"So what does this mean? If a kid wins a swimming contest somewhere and is wearing a [UConn] sweat shirt and I call to congratulate her in seventh grade, is someone now going to say you are not allowed to do that? Well, why not? Isn't that unbelievable?

"There are guys playing college basketball driving around in cars worth more than my house and we're worried about a phone call to a little girl?"

According to UConn, Davis is not considered a PSA — prospective student athlete — until she is in high school. Davis is in eighth grade.